1. I believe in the divinity of the Vedas, the world’s most ancient scripture. These primordial hymns are God’s word and the bedrock of Sanātana Dharma, the eternal religion.§
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2. I believe in a one, all-pervasive Supreme Being who is both immanent and transcendent, both Creator and Creation.§
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3. I believe that the universe undergoes endless cycles of creation, preservation and dissolution.§
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4. I believe in karma, the law of cause and effect by which each individual creates his own destiny by his thoughts, words and deeds.§
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5. I believe that all souls reincarnate, evolving through many births until all their karmas have been resolved and moksha, spiritual knowledge and liberation from the cycle of rebirth, is attained.§
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6. I believe that divine beings exist in unseen worlds and that temple worship, rituals, sacraments and yoga create a communion with these Gods, Goddesses and devas.§
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7. I believe that a spiritually awakened master, or satguru, is essential to know the Transcendent Absolute, as are personal discipline, good conduct, purification, pilgrimage, self-inquiry and meditation.§
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8. I believe that all life is sacred, to be loved and revered, and therefore practice ahiṁsā, noninjury in thought, word and deed.§
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9. I believe that no particular religion teaches the only way to salvation above all others, but that all faiths deserve tolerance and understanding.§
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